Blue Gum High Forest
Blue Gum High Forest (BGHF) is found on a range of shale-influence substrates in deep clay soils, with a high average rainfall between 900 and 1300mm. In the Ryde area BGHF is found on south facing, steep slopes and gullies.
The most significant areas of BGHF can be found in Denistone, Eastwood and West Ryde. It is estimated that over 95% of BGHF in the Sydney Basin region has been cleared.
Critically Endangered Community
Blue Gum High Forest is listed as a critically endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and a critically endangered ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Due to severe felling of this forest for timber, only 0.9% of this forest is left in Ryde.
Native Species List
Common Name
|
Botanical Name
|
Approximate Height
|
| Trees |
|
|
| Sydney Blue Gum |
Eucalyptus saligna |
25-35m |
| Blackbutt |
Eucalyptus pilularis |
20-30m |
| Grey Ironbark |
Eucalyptus paniculata |
20-30m |
| Turpentine |
Syncarpia glomulifera |
30m |
| Sydney Red Gum |
Angophora costata |
15-25m |
| White Mahogany |
Eucalyptus Acmenoides |
20-30m |
| Small Trees |
|
|
| Sweet Pittosporum |
Pittosporum undulatum |
8-12m |
| Blueberry Ash |
Elaeocarpus reticulatus |
8-9m |
| Hickory |
Acacia implexa |
10-15m |
| Grey Myrtle |
Backhousia myrtifolia |
|
| Lilly Pilly |
Acmena Smithii |
|
| Hairy Clerodendrum |
Clerodendrum tomentosum |
3-6m |
| Shrubs |
|
|
| Coffee Bush |
Breynia oblongifolia |
3m |
| Prickly Beard-heath |
Leucopogon juniperinus |
1m |
| Narrow-leaved Orange Bark |
Maytenus silvestris |
1-2m |
| Mock-olive |
Notelaea longifolia |
2-4m |
| Paper Daisy |
Ozothamnus diosmifolius |
5m |
| Yellow Pittosporum |
Pittosporum revolutum |
3m |
| Elderberry Ash |
Polyscias sambucifolia |
1-3m |
| Native Peach |
Trema tomentosa |
5m |
| Ground Covers |
|
|
| Blue Flax-lily |
Dianella caerulea |
|
| Kidney Weed |
Dichondra repens |
|
| Bordered Panic |
Entolasia marginata |
|
| Spiny-headed mat-rush |
Lomandra longifolia |
|
| Weeping Grass |
Microlaena stipoides |
|
| Basket Grass |
Oplismenus aemulus |
|
| Creeping Beard Grass |
Oplismenus imbecillis |
|
| Native Tussock Grass |
Poa affinis |
|
| Pastel Flower |
Pseuderanthemum variabile |
|
| Vines and Climbers |
|
|
| Native Grape |
Cayratia clematidea |
|
| Old Man's Beard |
Clematis glycinoides |
|
| Wombat Berry |
Eustrephus latifolius |
|
| Small-leaf glycine |
Glycine microphylla |
|
| Wonga Wonga Vine |
Pandorea pandorana |
|
| Bearded Tylophora |
Tylophora barbata |
|
| Water Vine |
Cissus Antarctica |
|
Location in City of Ryde
